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UNNC Professor in Health Economics promotes academic exchanges on disease control and provides advice for global public health.
近期，宁波诺丁汉大学健康经济学教授陈茁接受《自然》杂志新闻采访，就中国调整疫情防控措施发表观点，称此举“是正确的方向”。
陈茁教授说：“国家根据疫情发展的实际情况调整方向，有助于平衡疫情和慢性病之间的资源配置，也有助于经济发展和疫情防控的协同。”
他还指出应对弱势群体给予特别关注，并加强医疗系统应对疫情波峰的能力。同时，他也建议持续监测病毒变种演化，以应对未来可能的疫情反复。
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深谙中美两国疾控体系的
公共卫生领域专家
陈茁教授曾在美国疾病预防和控制中心担任健康经济师、高级健康经济师等职十余年，对中美两国公共卫生和医疗体系均有深入了解。
上个月，在他主持的一场中美疾控专家之间的线上论坛——“中美2050：预防大流行病”上，中国疾控中心前主任高福博士、美国疾控中心前主任Thomas R. Frieden和Jeffrey P. Koplan博士、北京大学中国卫生经济研究中心主任及卫健委新冠肺炎专家组成员刘国恩教授等人均出席，交流了中美两国在新冠疫情防控方面的经验。
作为一名高质高产的科研工作者，陈茁教授在国际期刊上发表学术论文百十余篇。他曾获得美国疾控中心2013年度最佳行为和社会科学论文奖。
2021年，他在国际医学类顶刊之一《柳叶刀》上与中美两国专家合作发表题为“新冠疫情后的中美卫生交流与合作”的文章，对中美卫生合作进行展望。2022年，他与中国疾控中心刘世炜研究员团队合作的一篇研究中国青少年吸烟的文章在《柳叶刀》子刊《柳叶刀-区域健康（西太平洋）》上发表。
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让健康经济学从宁诺“发芽”
推动中国公共卫生发展
凭借广泛的科研影响力，陈茁教授始终致力于推动健康经济学在宁诺、在中国的发展，促进中国公共卫生和健康经济学研究的发展。
2018年，他邀请两位美国著名健康经济学家Michael Grossman 博士（美国医学科学院院士，美国国家经济研究局健康经济学组前主任）及David Meltzer 博士（美国医学科学院院士，芝加哥大学医学院教授）与多位中外知名健康经济学者来宁诺演讲，帮助宁诺学者学子与中外高校的教授牵线搭桥。
陈茁教授带领的宁波诺丁汉大学健康经济研究中心与宁波市第一医院、宁波市疾病预防控制中心等卫生机构紧密合作，就健康教育、远程医疗等多方面展开合作。
他带领的科研项目也与中国公共卫生和医学院校的全国性网络、中国疾控中心以及多个省地级疾控中心保持着密切联系。
陈茁教授的其中一个项目受到中国国家自然科学基金会的资助，正在与中国联通的关联智库“智慧足迹”开展合作，通过政策数据和手机产生的大数据来开发不同层级的医疗服务预测模型。
自疫情以来，陈茁教授还接受了众多中外媒体的采访，为公众答疑解惑、为公共卫生建言献策，包括CGTN、环球时报海外版、二十一世纪经济报道、财新、华尔街日报等。
在采访中，陈茁教授提出要加强公共卫生投资和能力建设，协同医疗和公卫系统，促进中外在公共卫生领域的持续交流等建议，受到了广泛关注。
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UNNC Professor in Health Economics promotes academic exchanges on disease control and provides advice for global public health
Recently, Professor Zhuo (Adam) Chen, Visiting Professor of Health Economics at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) and Co-Director of the Centre for Health Economics of Nottingham China Health Institute, shared his comments on China's pandemic prevention and control measures during his interview with Nature news, affirming that the adjustment of pandemic policies is the right direction.
According to Professor Chen, adjusting the country's policies according to the actual situation of the pandemic will help to balance the allocation of medical resources for Covid-19 and noncommunicable diseases, and to maintain the balance between economic development and pandemic prevention. It is essential for a country to pay more attention to vulnerable groups and strengthen the capacity of the healthcare system to cope with pandemic peaks. Furthermore, he also suggests that the country should continue to monitor the evolution of virus variants in order to prevent and prepare for possible future outbreaks.
Having served in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for over ten years, Professor Chen has a plethora of experience in the public health systems of both China and the United States. Last month, in a webinar entitled “US-China 2050-Preventing a Devastating Pandemic”, for which Professor Chen was the organizer and moderator, Thomas R. Frieden, former Director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Jeffrey P. Koplan, former Director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Guoen Liu, Dean, PKU Institute for Global Health and Development, Dr. Zhijie Zheng, Director of China Country Office, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation discussed what they have learned from dealing with COVID-19 and shared their vision for preventing future pandemics.
As a prominent scholar, Professor Chen has a strong record in health economics and policy research with more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed top field journals. He received the 2013 US CDC Excellence in Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Award. In 2021, Professor Chen has published an article in The Lancet entitled “US-China Health Exchange and Collaboration following COVID-19”. In 2022, his investigation of cigarette smoking among Chinese adolescents was published in The Lancet -Regional Health, Western Pacifics.
Backed by his extensive scientific research influence, Professor Chen has always committed himself to the development of health economics at UNNC and in China, and promoting public health research and practice in China. In 2018, he invited two renowned American health economists, Dr Michael Grossman and Dr David Meltzer, as well as many other well-known Chinese and foreign health economists to visit UNNC, helping UNNC faculty members and students connect with scholars in Chinese and foreign universities.
Under Professor Chen’s leadership, the Centre for Health Economics of Nottingham China Health Institute has worked with local health institutions such as Ningbo First Hospital and Ningbo Centre for Disease Control to conduct research in various aspects, including health education and telemedicine. His research maintains a close relationship with Chinese public health networks and medical schools, as well as the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Currently, the Centre for Health Economics is working with SmartSteps on a project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The project aims to use big data generated by mobile phones to develop different levels of medical service prediction models.
During the pandemic, Professor Chen has been interviewed by national and global media, including CGTN, Global Times, 21st Century Business Herald, Caixin, Nature, and The Wall Street Journal to raise public awareness and provide expert comments. In the interviews, he proposed to strengthen public health investment and capacity building, to coordinate medical and public health systems, and to promote continuous exchange in public health between China and foreign countries, which has received wide attention.
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